Ixia enables mobile operators to deliver on promise of HetNets

BANGALORE, INDIA: Ixia announced an industry-first guide that equips mobile operators with critical insight needed to optimize Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets).

Small Cells, Big Challenge: Designing and Deploying Successful Mobile HetNets leverages Ixia's extensive work with mobile operators and network equipment manufacturers and our background in validating wireless networks to help operators fast-track new services.

Mobile traffic continues to grow exponentially as smartphone usage and video-based applications are on the rise. With subscribers demanding better, faster, more media-rich services, mobile operators must find cost-effective new ways to increase coverage and capacity in high-growth areas.

HetNets use "small cells" and carrier Wi-Fi to supplement high-cost base stations and achieve a powerful mix of practical and economic advantages including:

* Improved spectrum efficiency.

* Better coverage and capacity in urban areas and corporate buildings.

* Speeding compelling new services to market.

* Increased retention and revenue per customer.

With HetNets, thousands of intelligent devices may be deployed on lampposts, at public venues, in buildings, and other new locations. Small Cells, Big Challenge gives operators a unique resource for understanding and conquering HetNet deployment issues-scalability, interference, mobility, security-to deliver a high-quality customer experience.

Ixia's comprehensive suite of wireless test solutions help mobile operators worldwide succeed with innovative yet complex deployments such as small cells and carrier Wi-Fi. Drawing on our rich experience and extensive insight into our customers' pain points, the new eBook helps providers deliver on the promise of HetNets and profit from surging demand.